Dear Readers,
Ask what the single biggest problem in Bangalore is and most Bangaloreans would likely say it is the vehicular traffic jams, the consequent maddening time wastage and high pollution levels. What used to be a 15-minute drive, today can often take an hour or more. With the growth of vehicles at about eight per cent per annum, far outstretching population growth (at four per cent per annum), the problem of compounding private vehicles is likely to further increase in the future, unless public policies are encouraged which would change this trend.
“Let us look at the likely scenario resulting at the end of three to six months of implementation of competitive, privatised city public bus transport policy:“Corporates like TVS, Ashok Leyland, etc, alongside the present contract-carriage operators like Blueline, VRL, Sharma Transports, KPN, etc, apart from co-operatives like those formed by ex-servicemen, are likely to come on the scene with hundreds of buses, catering to all kinds and classes of demand.“The resulting competition will automatically drive the different service providers to come up with innovative schemes of attracting more and more people to switch over to the use of the buses rather than relying on their individual vehicles.“At the lower end, you will have the ‘Janata’ services, stopping at all bus stops enroute, and charging the barest minimum (which in all possibility will be much lower than BMTC’s present charges).“At the upper end, you will have the A/C deluxe services (possibly with broad, reclining seats, newspapers & magazines for reading, etc) catering to corporate executives, and operating from suburbs, say Whitefield to Residency road, with just few stops in-between. These buses may also cater to school/college students, possibly with a 25 per cent concession being offered to them.“In between, you will have a wide spectrum of services, with each service provider making known his USP through the local media.“Even within a Jayanagar or a Indiranagar, you will have mini-buses operating in given circuits, catering to the local shopping and other needs of the residents.“The usage of two-wheelers and cars will reduce drastically, at least for commuting, leading to:end-cluttering of city roads, thereby providing room for speedy movement of buses.nreduction of air pollution with lower per capita consumption of fuel.nspread of population from city centers to out-lying areas due to ready availability of cheap and efficient means of transport.npromotion of the healthy practice of walking at least to and from the bus stops.non appreciable drop in the monthly family transport budget.
Ask what the single biggest problem in Bangalore is and most Bangaloreans would likely say it is the vehicular traffic jams, the consequent maddening time wastage and high pollution levels. What used to be a 15-minute drive, today can often take an hour or more. With the growth of vehicles at about eight per cent per annum, far outstretching population growth (at four per cent per annum), the problem of compounding private vehicles is likely to further increase in the future, unless public policies are encouraged which would change this trend.
“Let us look at the likely scenario resulting at the end of three to six months of implementation of competitive, privatised city public bus transport policy:“Corporates like TVS, Ashok Leyland, etc, alongside the present contract-carriage operators like Blueline, VRL, Sharma Transports, KPN, etc, apart from co-operatives like those formed by ex-servicemen, are likely to come on the scene with hundreds of buses, catering to all kinds and classes of demand.“The resulting competition will automatically drive the different service providers to come up with innovative schemes of attracting more and more people to switch over to the use of the buses rather than relying on their individual vehicles.“At the lower end, you will have the ‘Janata’ services, stopping at all bus stops enroute, and charging the barest minimum (which in all possibility will be much lower than BMTC’s present charges).“At the upper end, you will have the A/C deluxe services (possibly with broad, reclining seats, newspapers & magazines for reading, etc) catering to corporate executives, and operating from suburbs, say Whitefield to Residency road, with just few stops in-between. These buses may also cater to school/college students, possibly with a 25 per cent concession being offered to them.“In between, you will have a wide spectrum of services, with each service provider making known his USP through the local media.“Even within a Jayanagar or a Indiranagar, you will have mini-buses operating in given circuits, catering to the local shopping and other needs of the residents.“The usage of two-wheelers and cars will reduce drastically, at least for commuting, leading to:end-cluttering of city roads, thereby providing room for speedy movement of buses.nreduction of air pollution with lower per capita consumption of fuel.nspread of population from city centers to out-lying areas due to ready availability of cheap and efficient means of transport.npromotion of the healthy practice of walking at least to and from the bus stops.non appreciable drop in the monthly family transport budget.
2 comments:
thats gr8
Thankx Mr.Kumar. This ll b continue till when u ll say "gr?" rather than gr8
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